Erwin F. (Erwin Frink) Smith papers, 1865-1940

Mss.B.Sm53

Date: 1865-1940 | Size: 2 Linear feet, Ca. 1600 items
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Abstract

This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, data on Smith's studies on plant pathology, photographs of diseased plants, and some genealogical data.

Background note

Erwin F. Smith (1854-1927) was a botanist and bacteriologist, who worked as a plant pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Arrangement

This collection is not organized and may be consulted by appointment only.

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 1600 items.

Provenance

Presented by Andrew Denny Rodgers, III, 1952; and Walter F. Mondale, 1965.

Location of originals:

Originals in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Processing information

Only a map is noted.

Separated material

Library of Congress holds additional papers by Smith.

Related material

Library of Congress holds additional papers by Smith.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Diaries.
  • Journals (notebooks).
  • Photoprints.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Europe -- Description and travel.
  • Michigan -- Botany.

Subject(s)

  • Botany -- Experiments.
  • Botany -- Michigan.
  • Ink.
  • Plant diseases.
  • Plants -- Disease and pest resistance.


Detailed Inventory

 Smith, Erwin F. (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927.
Map of my trip in Ronald [Michigan]
16 August 1877 - 20 August 18771 map, 19.7 x 70 cmBox 1

Colored.